In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 1
Leaf #:
000668
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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642 Gov't Ex. 135, Agt. Edison & Eastman Kodak Cos. for in said agreement of June 15th, 1909, with a discount of five per cent. (5%) off such prices (exclusive of the patent royalty aforesaid), on all such film delivered to the Vendee by the Vendor between the date hereof and June 1st, 1911, the price, however, for all such film after June 1st, 1911, to be that provided for in said agreement of June 15th, 1909. 3h. That this agreement is to continue until July 1st, 1912, and thereafter year by year unless either of the parties hereto at least sixty (60) days before the expiration of said original term or of any of said subsequent terms, notifies the other in writing of its election to terminate this agreement, in which case the same shall terminate at the end of the term in which such notice is given. 3i. That all notices provided for in this agreement shall be in writing, and shall be given by delivering the same to the Vendor or the Vendee, as the case may be, or by depositing such notice in any postoffice of the United States, in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, directed to the Vendor or the Vendee, as the case may be, at the last known post office address of said Vendor or Vendee, as the case niay be, to be forwarded by registered mail. 3j. That this agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Vendor and its successors and assigns, and shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Vendee and the successors and assigns of the Vendee's said business in the manufacture of motion pictures. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this agreement the day and year first above written. Witnesses :